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The
municipalities in Denmark have been assigned the responsibility
of implementing the Integration Act and the aims of the
Act are:
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To ensure that the individual is given the opportunity
of partaking in the political, economic, work, social,
religious and cultural life of society on equal terms
with other citizens
· To ensure that the individual will quickly find
a job and become self sufficient
· To ensure that the individual gets to understand
the basic norms and values of the Danish society
Foreigners
who are not able to support themselves are entitled to
introduction benefit which is equal to social security
benefit.
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Description
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There
is a shortage of labour on the Danish labour market and
the unemployment rate for ethnic minorities is high. Therefore,
there is a need to qualify the ethnic minorities for the
jobs. Furthermore, the focal point of integration is that
ethnic minorities become self-supporting and learn Danish
as quickly as possible. The areas in which further qualification
is needed is: Danish language, social and personal qualifications,
knowledge of the Danish labour market and vocational qualifications.
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Description
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In
order to qualify the ethnic minorities for the jobs on the
Danish labour market this project focuses on Danish language
training combined with practical work experience. The language
training has physically been moved from the language school
to the workplace (in this case Denmark's Technical University)
and it is based on the practical work experiences that the
participants get. Thus, traditional language teaching methods
have been abandoned. The project is organised so that there
is Danish language training in the morning and practical
work experience in the afternoon. The work experience takes
place at Denmark's Technical University and the participants
mainly undertake any kind of office work. The purpose of
the practical work experience is not so much to improve
the vocational skills of the participants but more so to
strengthen their knowledge of Danish labour market culture,
their social and personal qualifications and their motivation
to apply for an ordinary job.
The
method engaged is to focus on the resources of the individual
participant and to make the individual responsible for his/her
plan of action.
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From 14 participantes that started the project in August
2001, 7 have got a job. The average time for the participants
is 7 months.
The
innovative and distinctive elements of the programme are:
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The combination of language training and work experience.
- To move the language training to the workplace.
- The close collaboration between different integration
actors: the project is a close collaboration between the
municipality, the language school and Denmarks' Technical
University.
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Practical
considerations : |
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The staff needed for the project is formed by: 1 project
co-ordinator, 2-3 language teachers and 1 job consultant.
The
project is being funded by the municipality and the national
government.
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IF
YOU WISH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT TO:
The
Municipality of Lyngby-Taarbaek.
Department for Labour Market Activities.
Ms Solvej Hune.
shu@ltk.dk
Toftebaeksvej 12
2800 Kgs. Lyngby (Denmark)
Tel. (+45) 4597 3000
Fax. (+45) 4597 3330
www.ltk.dk
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